Planning Documents

  • Nine Mile Run Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan


    City of Pittsburgh / Carnegie Mellon University / Carnegie Museum of Natural History / Penn State Universityw
    Timothy Collins, David Dzombak,
    John Rawlins, Ken Tamminga, Sue Thompson
    Must download the individual chapters:
    Chapter 1--Project Area Characteristics
    Chapter 2--Issues, Concerns, and Constraints
    Chapter 3--Land Resources
    Chapter 4--Water Resources
    Chapter 5--Biological Resources
    Chapter 6--Cultural Resources
    Chapter 7--Management Options

  • Nine Mile Run Watershed Management Plan

    (download the report)(download the appendix)
    Draft Plan for Review, Revision, and Adoption by Watershed Stakeholders
    Camp Dresser and McKee

  • Wetland Identification, Delineation and Vegetation Inventory of the Two Wetland Systems Associated with Fern Hollow

    Michael M. Fodse, C. Mark Bowers P.G.

  • Forest Stewardship Plan for Frick Woods Nature Reserve

    City of Pittsburgh , Department of Parks and Recreation, Allegheny County , PA
    Pennsylvania Chapter, Association of Consulting Foresters

  • NMR U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sustainable Development Challenge Grant

    Revegetation at the Nine Mile Run Site, Pittsburgh , PA Final Report Feb. 2001
    Civil and Environmental Consultants

  • Ecosystems and Infrastructure Nine Mile Run Site-Specific Stormwater Management Options

    Charrette October 14-17 Nine Mile Run Watershed Pittsburgh PA The Briefing Book
    Rocky Mountain Institute
    STUDIO for Creative Inquiry

  • Final Recommendations The Nine Mile Run Greenway Project And Institutional and Economic Plan with Conceptual Design Guidelines

    Ray Reaves, Stephanie Flom, John Stephen, Tim Collins

  • Re-evaluation Stormwater The Nine Mile Run Model for Restorative Redevelopment

    (download the report)(download the technical appendix)
    Bruce Ferguson, Richard Pinkham, Timothy Collins

  • The Community of the Nine Mile Run Watershed, PIA 2705 Neighborhood and Community Development Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

    University of Pittsburgh
    Blaire Areaux, Robyn Barber, Ivan Bialostosky, Diane Bossart, Kathleen Bulgar, Rich Charnovich, Steven Fisher, Lisa Freeman, Alex Graziani, Justin Kaylor, Sarah Kripp, Montae Nicholson, Gwen Patterson, Chris Perry, Beth Rocks, Rhonda Sears, Ann Smith, David Vereb, Chris Zurawsky

  • Ample Opportunity: A Community Dialogue

    (download the report)
    In In 1997, the NMR-GP team endeavored to generate an informed public conversation regarding Nine Mile, a brownfield site in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania being developed into a mix of housing and public greenway.  Brownfield development is routinely the domain of engineers, economists and public policy analysts who work to dissolve the brownfield "problem." Alternatively, this artist-lead team regards brownfield development as opportunities rather than problems.  Considering brownfields as the legacy of the industrial revolution, a cultural event that effectively privitized America's urban rivers, streams and estuaries, the team approaches the work as the cultural reclamation of public use, value and aesthetics.